Wind Me Up Baby

Apparatus · Festival & Studio · Woodford Folk Festival and Swell Sculpture Festival

A human-powered pedestrian light. Wind the handle to charge the super capacitors: two minutes of winding gives twenty minutes of light, equal to a 50-watt halogen bulb. Free energy, for the price of some exercise.

Client: Woodford Folk Festival
Materials: Cast bronze, steel, copper, brass, stainless steel, DC generator, super capacitors, LEDs
Completed: 2008–2009